... unless these can be shown to be relevant to the ability to do the job"1. Sexually discrimination, or at least the abolishment of it, is a large and prominent issue in equal opportunities. Several different Acts have been implemented to prevent discrimination on the basis of gender, namely amongst these have been the Equal Pay Act of 1970, the Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Equal Value Amendment which came into force in 1984. The Equal Value Amendment states that if a women can show that her work is "of equal value to that of a mans - where equal value is defined in terms of the demands made in the job - skill, effort and decision making, a comparator must be selected who has to be employed in the same workplace and by the same employer"2. The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 and the Race Relations Act of 1976 ...

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